Home » Poems » world war ii » son

Son World War Ii Poems

These Son World War Ii poems are examples of World War Ii poems about Son. These are the best examples of World War Ii Son poems written by international poets.

SEVEN THOUSAND ISLANDS

SEVEN THOUSAND ISLANDS

Some five hundred miles East of Vietnam
The Phillipines is a multi-island archipelago
Named in honour of King Phillip of Castile
It was Spain’s mid sixteenth...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, america, business, corruption, history,

Two Veterans

   My father, a WW2 vet
   My mother too
     On Veterans Day they first met

  ...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, courage, dad, hope, mom,

Why Die For Peace

Beaten ships sailed in through the fog veil, 

Decks groaning in pain like dying soldiers. 

Grinning faces, still dirty, still pale. 

Their burdens had lifted...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, cry, military, world war

All This Time

Fists so clenched
Face so red
Spit hitting my face
Was it something I said

I shouldn’t have touched your books
You’re worthless
You’re nothing
But I just wanted to look
You’ll never...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, abuse, boy, child abuse,

Memorial

    His song swerved 
    suddenly
    missed the curve 
    and descended 
...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, death, eulogy, kid, memorial,

Fearing Father

There in the corner of the living room 
on a loveseat meant for two 
now only resides one
there he sits, by a warm fireplace
its occupant...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst,

The Seeds of Yearning

With World War II finally over, the soldier returned home to Tennessee.
To his previous life and his young, loving wife
But what once was two now...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, emotions, family, father son,

You Inspire Me

I
Waiting ...
Not on the LORD
But on a phone call
So, I turn to poetry
Led by Jesus & His Word
"All is vanity"

II
I know there's nothing new
Something Solomon...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, bible, jesus, jewish, judgement,

Truth: the Forgotten Corpse In War

Before any thunder and lightning from man is dealt 
Before any storm reaching passed the sea to ring the knell 
Truth’s dead soul pierces through...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, dark, evil, humanity, truth,

Letters To the Lady

Troop ships loading, crowded docks
Mums and sisters waving off
Go with keepsakes, golden locks
Some men hug while many doff

Eric, soldier single stands
Beryl, lonesome widow cares
Many kissing...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, mother son, war, world

The Last Token

I was five years old when the war was over 
August, 1945, and my daddy sent word 
He was on his way home from Guadalcanal....

Read More

Categories: world war ii, father son, memory, remember,

Mein Vater

I heard them come long before they came,
Repetitious stomps heard from far away.
Their steady beat mimicked my heart,
As dread conceived to pull me apart.
This wasn't...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, angst, dad, father son,

Remembrance Forgotten

ashes to ground ashes

	dust to biting dust

		birth to surrender

no phoenix

	just crumbled trenches

		no cross on the grave

        blink of...

Read More

Categories: world war ii,

Privilege

Privilege
by Michael R. Burch

This poem is dedicated to Harvey Stanbrough, an ex-marine who has written eloquently about the horror and absurdity of war in "Lessons...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, courage, hero, patriotic, thank

A Remembrance Day Poem

Christ and the Soldier by Siegfried Sassoon (1916)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7OEnXw7P60


The straggled soldier halted and clumsily went down  "O blessed crucifix, I'm beat !"
Christ still sentried by...

Read More

Categories: world war ii, world war i, world